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HRS §145-24

When officers can stop you to check farm product ownership

This section lets law enforcement or other authorized officers stop someone who they have specific reasons to believe is illegally holding, selling, or moving farm products, and ask for proof of ownership. It does not create any duties or penalties.

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The statute, as written — Authorization to inspect

(a) Every law enforcement officer or other officer or employee having reason to believe based upon specific and articulable facts that the possession, sale, or transportation of agricultural commodities is unlawful, may take reasonable steps to detain the person having possession, selling, or transporting the agricultural commodities and request from the person being detained proof of ownership of the commodities. (b) For the purposes of this section, "officer or employee" has the same meaning as defined in section 145-27.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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